Author: Ryan Sandwick
Major Program: Community Design/Creative Placemaking
There is no better way to learn about a community than to immerse yourself in it, and this weekend CEDIK’s Community Design/Downtown Engagement team did just that in Whitesburg, Kentucky. If you were in Whitesburg you may have seen us there with our portable chalkboards and wondered what we were doing. If you weren’t there you may have seen us on social media and wondered the same thing. How could asking people to write on a chalkboard have any sort of impact on their downtown, espec
Author: Jayoung Koo
Mammoth Cave has been an adventure tourism destination for over 200 years. In the 1920s, the supporters of the national park envisioned it as a hub for regional outdoor recreation. Mammoth Cave National Park expands over three Kentucky counties (Edmonson, Hart and Barren) which are within the Barren River Area Development District (BRADD) and the Caves, Lakes and Corvette Tourism Region. Regional economic impact of tourism in 2016 was $709M. In the fall of 2017, the University of Kentucky D
Students enrolled in LA 324 Landscape Architecture Design Studio IV (UKLA) delivered their design ideas for the Parks and Public Spaces Network plan to Princeton, KY in December 2016. The first draft of the report was utilized by the city to get revitalization discussions started. The city embarked on further development of ideas for their downtown renovations with the firm Land Development and Design (LD&D) based in Louisville, KY. LD&D designed the initial plan for the downtown renovat
Author: Brenda Cockerham
This year marks a significant accomplishment for a long term effort for Johnson County in Community and Economic Development. For many years the Extension Council and the Family Consumer Sciences Council has noted the need for job creation and increased economic opportunities for local citizens. FCS efforts in 2017-18 has resulted in the culmination of many years of work compiled into one wholistic plan, with the support of volunteers, the Route 23 Cultural Heritage Network, Paintsville Tourism,
